Your Very Reverend Father Vadim, dearly beloved Father!
With all our hearts we congratulate you on these remarkable milestones — your 65th birthday and the forthcoming 35th anniversary of your priestly ministry!
On this festive day, we offer thanksgiving to the Lord for the gift of your many years of pastoral service to the Holy Church of Christ. Throughout these years you have fulfilled your high priestly calling with zeal and love, setting before all an example of steadfast faith, wisdom, compassion, and selfless service to God and to His people.
We sincerely thank you for your spiritual care of our parish community, for your prayers, loving concern, wise counsel, and unwavering support for everyone who turns to you. Through your labors, patience, and fatherly love, many have been strengthened in the Orthodox faith, finding consolation, hope, and the path that leads to Christ.
We prayerfully wish you strength of soul and body, good health, the gracious help of God, peace, joy in the Holy Spirit, and the abundant mercies of the Lord. May the Lord preserve you for many blessed years, strengthening you in your continued pastoral ministry; and may the Most Holy Theotokos and the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers—the heavenly patrons of our parish—ever remain with you through their prayerful intercession.
Many blessed years, dear Father Vadim!
